You’ll be able to play Assassin’s Creed Odyssey in your browser NEXT WEEK, thanks to Google
A NETFLIX-LIKE service for video games has been the stuff of dreams for years, and Google thinks it has finally cracked the problem stopping it from becoming reality.
Starting next week the web behemoth will stick its fingers into yet another pie with a huge test for Project Stream, lettings users play Assassin's Creed Odyssey, in Chrome, for free.
The Ubisoft blockbuster, out on Friday for PC, PS4 and Xbox One would normally require a PC with very serious hardware to run, but Google's magic means that all you'll need is the firm's Chrome browser and a 25Mbps broadband connection.
For this test you'll also need to live in the US, but that requirement is likely to be dropped at some point in the not-too-distant future.
Streaming top games "poses a number of challenges", say Google.
"When streaming TV or movies, consumers are comfortable with a few seconds of buffering at the start," the firm said in , "but streaming high-quality games requires latency measured in milliseconds, with no graphic degradation."
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This is not the first streaming experiment Ubisoft has been involved with; it is using Assassin's Creed: Odyssey in Japan to test out game streaming to Nintendo's Switch in an effort to broaden the range of game's available on the hybrid console.
Game streaming has been attempted before, with the ill-fated OnLive service one of the most high-profile failures.
It has been rumoured that Microsoft is going to make a serious play in the space when it launches the Xbox Two, with some suggesting the Xbox One follow-up may come in a streaming-only flavour.
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